No money, no exam policy soon to be thing of the past By Gerry Baldo 08/05/2011

No money, no exam policy soon to be thing of the past

By Gerry Baldo 08/05/2011
The policy of some schools to refuse students to take their exams unless they pay their tuition could be a thing of the past even as the House of Representatives has now passed on third and final reading a bill that would give students the right to take the mid-term and final exams despite pending financial obligations.

Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara, chairman of the House committee on higher education, said the passage of the bill (House Bill 4791) into law would criminalize such actions by the school.

Aside from Angara, the principal authors of the bill are Reps. Raymond Palatino (Kabataan Party-list); Mark Villar (NP, Las Piñas); Abigail Faye Ferriol (Kalinga Party-list), and Carlo Lopez (LP, Manila).

Under the bill schools and teachers who will refuse to allow students who failed to pay tuition or other school fees from taking mid-term or final examinations could be liable for censure and or a fine ranging from P20,000 to P50,000..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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